Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Medicine
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2026 - Present
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine,
Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2016 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Scholarly Works
Safety and Efficacy of Bronchoscopic Pulsed Electric Field Ablation for Lung Cancer and Metastases.
Journal article JTO Clin Res Rep · August 2026 BACKGROUND: Local treatment options for progressive lung cancer or metastases located in the central or middle thirds of the lungs are limited, especially if progression occurs after radiation. In these patients, local thermal ablative therapies are fraugh ... Full text Link to item CiteCryobiopsy vs Forceps for Bronchoscopic Lung Biopsy: The FROSTBITE-2 Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal article JAMA · June 16, 2026 IMPORTANCE: Bronchoscopic biopsy is conventionally performed with forceps, which can result in small specimen sizes and poor specimen quality due to crush artifact. Cryoprobe use localizes freezing at the probe tip, enabling retrieval of larger, more intac ... Full text Link to item CiteStudy of Procedural Efficiency in Endobronchial Ultrasound with Dual versus Single NEEDLEs: Evaluating the Value of a Second Needle in Endobronchial Ultrasound as It Pertains to Economic and Environmental Impact.
Journal article Respiration · April 7, 2026 INTRODUCTION: Endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is the standard for mediastinal and hilar lymph node sampling. Traditionally, a single needle is used, which can lead to procedural downtime while specimens are processed, ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Galvanize PROPEL Registry study - An observational, retrospective and prospective, single-arm, consecutive enrollment, multi-center registry. This registry will be conducted at up to 25 sites in the US.
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Galvanize Therapeutic Inc. · 2025 - 2030Airflow 3: Multicenter randomized sham-controlled study to evaluate safety and efficacy after treatment with the Nuvaira Lung Denervation System in subjects with COPD
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Nuvaira, Inc. · 2019 - 2025Cook Pleural Drainage Sets Post-Market Study Plan. Global Clinical Number: MDR-1908
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cook Research · 2023 - 2024View All Grants
Education
University of Illinois ·
2005
M.P.H.
King Edward Medical University (Pakistan) ·
1995
M.B.B.S.